Each marking period, you are required to choose an outside reading book that you will complete a project on at the end of the marking period. You are expected to bring it to class every day.
Choose one of the following books:
Fantasy Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Any of the Twilight series books by Stephanie Meyer The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon Terrier by Tamora Pierce Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Wings by Aprilynne Pike The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare House of Night series by P.C and Kristin Cast Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Vampire Academy series by Racheal Mead **//Lord of the Rings// by JRR Tolkien** **//The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy// by Douglas Adams** **//Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland// by Lewis Carroll** **//The War of the Worlds// by HG Wells** The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien Cirque de Freak Darren Shaw Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr Non Fiction Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Beating the Odds by Janet Bode The Circuit- stories from the life of a migrant child by Francisco Jimenez Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Watasuki The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Baeh The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan Fiction The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Hunger Games/Catching Fire/Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins The Green Mile by Stephen King Monster by Walter Dean Myers **//The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde// by Robert Louis Stevenson** Wintergirls Outside Reading Project once you're finished with the book, choose one of the following projects and present on it. Remember, the purpose of the project is to prove to me you read the book, so make sure that the effort you put in reflects that. Diorama Poster that illustrates the connections to other texts Soundtrack for the book and an explanation for why the songs fit Book review Journal entries as the character Map that shows the important places Study Guide for the book Comparison between the book and the movie Newspaper that shows the major events of the novel Comic that shows the major events of the novel A board game of the book
Choose one of the following books:
FantasyPercy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Any of the Twilight series books by Stephanie Meyer
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
House of Night series by P.C and Kristin Cast
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Vampire Academy series by Racheal Mead
**//Lord of the Rings// by JRR Tolkien**
**//The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy// by Douglas Adams**
**//Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland// by Lewis Carroll**
**//The War of the Worlds// by HG Wells**
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Cirque de Freak Darren Shaw
Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr
Non Fiction
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Beating the Odds by Janet Bode
The Circuit- stories from the life of a migrant child by Francisco Jimenez
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Watasuki
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Baeh
The Omnivores Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Fiction
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Hunger Games/Catching Fire/Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
**//The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde// by Robert Louis Stevenson**
Wintergirls
Outside Reading Project
once you're finished with the book, choose one of the following projects and present on it. Remember, the purpose of the project is to prove to me you read the book, so make sure that the effort you put in reflects that.
Diorama
Poster that illustrates the connections to other texts
Soundtrack for the book and an explanation for why the songs fit
Book review
Journal entries as the character
Map that shows the important places
Study Guide for the book
Comparison between the book and the movie
Newspaper that shows the major events of the novel
Comic that shows the major events of the novel
A board game of the book